Brazil: Special report "Women on the internet"

The Women of Expression theme for 2013 is Women and the Internet. The development of information and communication technologies in recent decades has revolutionized the way people communicate and express their ideas. Internet is now part of the everyday life of millions of people around the world and has thus become a basic tool to exercise the right to freedom speech. At the same time, new forms of censorship are threatening the free flow of online information. The infrastructure to access the internet and the skills required to maximize the experience of surfing the web can lead to exclusion of women. National laws and policies can help women to freely express themselves and access information, but often they hinder.